When Gran'ma Plays The Banjo - Roy Wood

When Grandma plays the banjo

She sure does play it hot

When Grandma plays the banjo

She gives it all she’s got

She goes:

(bouncing banjo instrumental)

My papa said she had the will

To practice every day

She must have worn her fingers out

When learning how to play

Now she goes:

(banjo instrumental)

Woo!

My cousin Luke’s a real professional

Shout-down jealous man

When he picks of the old banjo

He plays it really grand

When he goes:

(horrible, off-beat, out of key version of «Good King Wenceslaus»)

Yeah!

Crowd: UGH!

Luke (in an apologetic voice): Well I haven’t played it for a couple of weeks…

The young cowboys could really laugh

When she began to play

«You kids don’t know where it’s at!»

My Grandma used to say

Although that lady’s old and slow

With pinned-up silver hair

When she get’s really movin'

She don’t need no rocking chair

She just goes:

(banjo instrumental) Woo hoo!

Crowd: Ooooh!

When Grandma plays the banjo

She sure do play it hot

When Grandma plays the banjo

She gives it all she’s got

And she goes:

(extrended banjo instrumental)

Woo!

Woo hoo!

One two three four!

(banjo instrumental in double time)

Woo hoo!

Grandma: thank you, thank you!